Westburn Te Kura O Hereora

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 9. Current Equity Index: 383. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from — they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

• 257 Waimairi Road, Ilam, Christchurch, 8041 — the street’s record
• Its suburb: Ilam — the suburb’s own record
• Roll: 484 (September 2026)
• Co-Educational
• Donations may be requested
• Opened 1962
• An enrolment scheme is in place.
• Isolation index 0.22 — the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
• Cohort entry: Yes
• Phone: 03-3588173
• Email: admin@westburn.school.nz
• Contact: Susan Jennison
• Website: westburn.school.nz

Who the roll is

Students may identify with more than one group — the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Enrolment zone

• Westburn Te Kura O Hereora — in force from 2025-01-01 · 2 km²

It covers: Avonhead, Burnside, Ilam.

Indicative only — the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.

Other schools near here

• Christ The King School (Burnside) — decile 8 · EQI 369 · 571 m
• Burnside High School — decile 8 · EQI 416 · 769 m
• Tuia Burnside Primary School — decile 4 · EQI 437 · 881 m
• Merrin School Ngā Whetū Kohara — decile 8 · EQI 398 · 1.0 km
• Wairarapa Cobham Intermediate — decile 8 · EQI 405 · 1.1 km
• Avonhead School - Rakipaoa — decile 7 · EQI 406 · 1.6 km
• Tūora Fendalton School — decile 10 · EQI 371 · 1.7 km
• Ilam School — decile 6 · EQI 394 · 1.7 km

The green nearby

Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a school on a big reserve’s edge still counts.

• Westburn Reserve — Sports ground · 328 m to its edge

The bus stop

The nearest stop the Metro map carries — measured to the school’s pin, not its gate.

• Waimairi Rd near Wentworth St — 162 m · route Oc

The reports nearby

165 reports pinned within 250 m of the school’s point — most often Roads & footpaths and Water & drains, 115 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the school.

• Pothole — 247 Waimairi Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 20 September 2026
• Hazard — vehicle — 24 Wentworth St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 13 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 23A Wentworth Street, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 9 September 2026
• Water Leak — 19 Seagrave Place, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 7 September 2026
• Trees - General — 8 Seagrave Place, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 3 September 2026
• Pavement - Damaged — 6 Seagrave Place, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 1 September 2026
• Water Leak — 11 Seagrave Place, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 21 August 2026
• Rubbish and Bins - General — 4 Seagrave Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 25 June 2026
• Dumped Rubbish — 9 Greers Road, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 22 May 2026
• Roads - General — 1A Greers Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 14 April 2026
• Street Gutters / Storm Water — 24A Wentworth Street, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 15 March 2026
• Overgrown Vegetation — 263 Waimairi Road, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 12 February 2026

Under the ground

The plans and surveys the site keeps, asked once of the school’s ground — footprints and plan maps, not engineering findings.

• The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible” — the 2019 screening study